Speech Discharge

It's official - no more speech monitoring at Vanderbilt. Your scores are too good and Ms. Geneine discharged you. I had a mixed emotions - insanely proud of your progress and success - but also a little sad to say goodbye (for now) to someone who has been on your team since you were a baby!

Arizona Articulation Proficiency Scale - 3
Total Score: 95
Standard Score: 93
Scores falling between 85 and 115 are considered to be within average range. Carter's score fell within one standard deviation of the mean in comparison to his same-aged peers. His performance today suggests articulation skills are within normal limits at this time. Sound substitutions were noted; however, did not impact overall intelligibility.

Errors: s/f in final position (knise for knife); d/th in initial position (dis for this, dum for thumb) and s/z in final position (nos for nose)

APT/HI Auditory Perception Test for the Hearing Impaired
When information was present through audition alone, Carter demonstrated mastery of the following tasks:
all vowel perception tasks
all consonant perception tasks
all segmental perception tasks
all linguistic perception tasks
all communicative comprehension tasks

Comments: Carter demonstrated excellent use of his cochlear implant device and marked improvement from his 3-month test results.

Summary:
This 5 year; 4 month old boy with a well documented history of hearing loss demonstrates age-expected speech and language skill development to his peers.